Over the past few weeks in the early stages of Survivor Gabon there have already been a few weird twists and turns. Not long after this season premiered and the tribes were created, the Fang tribe found themselves fractured and divided after losing consecutive challenges without an obvious leader. Since no one stepped up to lead the tribe, Jeff Probst called out the members at tribal council and asked each one if they had a problem with G.C. being the head of the tribe. When no one objected, G.C. found himself in a position he didn't want to be in but accepted anyway.

A couple of days after heading up the tribe, G.C. felt the pressure of being in the spotlight and gave up the leadership role. As well, G.C. was accused by his tribe mates of giving up during the challenges, which only added to the pressure. Fifteen days into surviving the African landscape, G.C. then decided he had enough of the game and asked to be voted out, which his tribe mates obliged.

The mext day we caught up with Danny "G.C." Brown to find out why he had such a hard time surviving Survivor Gabon and to hear his side of the story on what went wrong.

THE DEADBOLT: What was your strategy going in?

G.C.: My strategy going into the game was just to be a guy who could really help out around the camp and provide for the team. But also, kind of just be under the radar a little bit and try to just get along with everybody and definitely not be a leader. Seriously, like before, I planned for months before going on the show. And after I watched all of the episodes of every season of Survivor before I left, I noticed that the leaders always had a target on their back. They always got voted off for decisions they make, and I was like, ‘Whatever I do, I just can’t be the leader. Maybe I could lead by example?' But that’s it and that was my strategy.

THE DEADBOLT: Yeah, but early on you took the reigns as the leader of the tribe.

G.C.: [laughs] Right.

THE DEADBOLT: So what was that all about?

G.C.: That was all bad right there. I really didn’t want the leadership role, and not because I’m not a leader. I’m a supervisor and I do music and everything and I want to be a leader in the community and stuff like that. But this is a game of Survivor, it’s not the same. You know what I mean? I really didn’t want to be the leader. And just by the things I was doing around the camp, and the relationship I had with the people early on, I think made them - They volunteered me to be the leader, actually. I didn’t necessarily say, ‘Hey, pick me to be the leader. I think I’ll be the best leader for the tribe,’ or anything like that. And, I actually felt I could’ve done it. I could’ve really been a good leader, but I was really just scared to do it. Now, looking back at it, maybe I should’ve just went ahead and showed them how good of a leader I really could’ve been. But I was so hesitant because I knew people didn’t really want to take direction from me because of how they reacted to certain things I asked them to do. So it was a difficult situation, my friend.

THE DEADBOLT: What surprised you the most when you guys got to Africa?

G.C.: What surprised me the most was just really how it looked, and how beautiful it was. It wasn’t hot. I thought it was going to be like a hundred and something degrees over there and just pretty good temperatures, man, like eighty something. You know, it didn’t get too hot. So yeah, and just being out there in that environment, with the animals and elephants and gorillas and all of that stuff surrounding you, it was pretty incredible.

THE DEADBOLT: Where did you go just before the challenge, when no one could find you?

G.C.: [laughs] I was hungry, man, and I knew the rest of the people on my tribe were too. I knew I had a little bit of time before the challenge started and I decided to go and try to catch some fish and I was going to bring fish back to cook before the challenge. And I kind of got caught up in the moment because I was having some luck over there and I was catching a few fish and lost track of the time. And then I didn’t realize it was that close until I heard them call me.

THE DEADBOLT: What did you think of Randy’s trick of telling Ace to freeze during the immunity challenge?

G.C.: You know what’s crazy, man? I didn’t even know that he did that until last night. When the challenge happened, we went back to camp after losing and I didn’t know anything happened. I’m serious. So watching it last night I was like, ‘What the hell?’ And almost, that looks like a set-up to me. I mean, I’m not saying it was, like he could’ve just tricked him, but what was Ace thinking? I mean, no fault to Randy for telling the guy to freeze, you know, he’s on the opposite team. But for Ace to actually listen to him, I was like, ‘What’s going on here?’ It looks like he’s trying to help the other team win.

THE DEADBOLT: What did you miss the most while you were there?

G.C.: What I missed the most from home was some damn food. [laughs] I was starving out there, man. I lost like 23 lbs or something by the time I left and I was only out there for fifteen days.

THE DEADBOLT: So what’s the first thing you did when you got home?

G.C.: Man, I had some pizza. And the first thing I did was just visit with my family. It was just weird, man. After being out there and coming back home, it was just a weird adjustment. It’s kind of hard to explain, but... Like it’s not just being in another country, it’s just being in that environment with the game and all of that. It was just kind of weird, you know, because you can’t tell anybody anything. [laughs] So obviously they haven’t seen me for this amount of time and all of a sudden here I am and I can’t say anything.

THE DEADBOLT: So when you got home did you fall in love with your bed again?

G.C.: Oh, yeah, and the shower.

THE DEADBOLT: Who would you say you were the closest to during your time on the show?

G.C.: I feel like I was closest to Kenny when I was there. We had some good times out there, man. I wish they would’ve shown them. Like I was trying to coach him on his dating and everything. Not that I’m the love doctor or nothin’, but I was trying to give him a few pointers. And I don’t know, man, they didn’t show any of that.